Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA president Jean Todt claims Formula 1 and other categories would be at risk of being banned if drivers were injured or killed in the kind of accidents witnessed recently. After Charles Leclerc’s Belgian Grand Prix escape, after his halo was struck
Month: September 2018
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The potential McLaren IndyCar programme would be set-up by affiliation with an existing outfit if the Formula 1 team commits to the series full-time in 2019, Autosport understands. McLaren set itself a September deadline to decide if it will race in IndyCar,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton has reclaimed the lead from Sebastian Vettel in Autosport readers’ Formula 1 driver ratings for the 2018 season so far. Vettel’s victory in the Belgian Grand Prix put him back ahead of his championship rival based on the scores given
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. MotoGP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta has indicated he is willing to enforce delaying races until Monday if necessary in future, in the wake of last month’s British Grand Prix being cancelled. Delaying the doomed Silverstone race by a day Monday was one option
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Leavine Family Racing’s Kasey Kahne has been forced out of this weekend’s Indianapolis NASCAR Cup series race due to “extreme heat exhaustion”. Kahne’s last victory came in the Indianapolis 400 last year with Hendrick Motorsports, before he switched to minnows Leavine. In
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The full extent of the injuries Robert Wickens suffered in his huge IndyCar accident at Pocono last month have been revealed following surgeries to his legs and hands this week. Wickens was transferred from Lehigh Valley Hospital in Pennsylvania to the IU
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo has criticised MotoGP rivals Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez for their continued feud, likening Rossi’s behaviour to that of a “little child”. Rossi courted controversy in the pre-event press conference for this weekend’s Misano MotoGP round by refusing to shake
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi caused a stir in the pre-event press conference for this weekend’s Misano MotoGP race by refusing to shake hands with arch-rival Marc Marquez. Rossi and Marquez have been bitter enemies since their on-track clash at Sepang in 2015, which stemmed
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren outcast Stoffel Vandoorne says doubters are too quick to pass judgment on Formula 1 drivers from one race to another. Vandoorne will lose his McLaren seat in 2019 to rookie Lando Norris, on the heels of two seasons in which the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Citroen appears to be stepping up its efforts to secure a 2019 World Rally Championship driver line-up that includes Sebastien Ogier, Esapekka Lappi and Craig Breen. Discussions with Ogier about a potential return to Citroen have been ongoing for weeks, but talks
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Italian Grand Prix highlighted a design lead the Toro Rosso-Honda Formula 1 team has pursued to help its straightline speed. Like sister team Red Bull with Renault, Toro Rosso’s power deficit has encouraged it to do all it can with wing
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former Citroen World Rally Championship driver Kris Meeke will return to rallying for next month’s RallyLegend event in San Marino. Meeke has stayed away from the rallying scene since he was dropped by Citroen following his accident on this year’s Rally of
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA president Jean Todt does not expect any new manufacturers to join Formula 1 from 2021, despite the proposed new engine rules having been developed with newcomers in mind. The revamp that will make engines louder, cheaper and less complicated could be
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso has completed his test of an Andretti-run 2018 Indycar at Barber Motorsports Park. Alonso conducted the running in the machine last used by Carlos Munoz at the 2018 Indianapolis 500, converted to road course spec. McLaren has been keen to
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aston Martin is relaunching its Young Driver Academy scheme in a bid to find a new factory driver. It has revived the programme from which Ross Gunn graduated with a factory contract ahead of the 2016 season. The previous scheme, known as
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Newly-confirmed 2019 McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris believes his chance with the team is “very different” to that of Lewis Hamilton, who the rising star has been compared to. Norris is only in his fourth year of single-seater racing but has
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting says Sauber’s Italian Grand Prix DRS problems will be discussed at a meeting with team technical directors on Thursday. Marcus Ericsson had a huge crash during practice at Monza when he lost control under braking
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Two-time MotoGP champion Casey Stoner says he is unlikely to continue in his current test role with Ducati because it does not use his feedback. Autosport reported last month that the 32-year-old, who walked away from a full-time MotoGP ride in 2012
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel does not want Ferrari to impose team orders on Kimi Raikkonen, despite Formula 1 title rival Mercedes’ Italian Grand Prix instructions to Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Mercedes left Bottas out on a long first stint at Monza and instructed
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Double World Rally champion Marcus Gronholm could be in line for a WRC return with Toyota in 2019. Gronholm is expected to discuss a one-off drive for next February’s Rally Sweden with fellow Finn and Toyota team principal Tommi Makinen in the
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. KTM MotoGP rider Pol Espargaro is set to return for this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix after a three-race injury break. Espargaro broke his left collarbone in a crash during the Sunday warm-up at Brno and had to sit out that weekend’s
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr will move to Joe Gibbs Racing for the 2019 season following the closure of his Furniture Row Racing team, Autosport has learned. Furniture Row announced on Tuesday that it would close its doors at
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Indy Lights title rivals Patricio O’Ward and Colton Herta will make their IndyCar debuts in an expanded two-car Harding Racing team at Sonoma ahead of a potential full-time 2019 deal. Harding has run a single car, shared between Gabby Chaves and Conor
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Avintia Ducati MotoGP outfit has signed Czech rider Karel Abraham on a two-year deal. Abraham, 28, has competed in MotoGP’s premier class intermittently since 2011 and has spend the past two seasons competing for Nieto Ducati. But Nieto will give up
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Frontrunning NASCAR Cup series outfit Furniture Row Racing will cease operations at the conclusion of the 2018 season due to a “lack of necessary funding”. The team ran Martin Truex Jr to last year’s Cup title, but put in what Truex called
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lando Norris says he would probably not be preparing for his Formula 1 debut in 2019 without his McLaren Autosport BRDC Award win two years ago. Norris sealed a McLaren affiliation as part of his 2016 prize, which included paid simulator work
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. French rider Christophe Ponsson will make his MotoGP debut at Misano this weekend after he was picked by the Avintia Ducati squad to replace the injured Tito Rabat. Rabat was hit by the Marc VDS Honda of Franco Morbidelli in a pile-up
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen does not think fans should boo their favourites’ opponents after the partisan Monza crowd targeted Mercedes and Italian Grand Prix race winner Lewis Hamilton. Both Hamilton and his team-mate Valtteri Bottas were subjected to boos post-race,
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA is considering significant changes to the structure of the World Rally Championship to increase privateer participation and help young drivers. The introduction of a separate manufacturers’ award in the second-tier WRC2 category is under consideration for 2020, along with a
Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Austin Formula 1 venue has been added to a 17-race IndyCar calendar for 2019. The long-rumoured move gathered pace once IndyCar signed a new deal with Texas Motor Speedway that ended the track’s ‘radius’ clause, which had previously prevented a nearby